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Published March 12, 2010
 
Stars will be out
in girls' semifinals

By ROGER UNDERWOOD
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

There will be no shortage of star power in tonight's semifinals of the Class 2A girls state tournament.

The SunDome's final four will feature the No. 1-ranked team in River Ridge and the field's only unbeaten team in second-ranked West Valley. It will also include fifth-ranked Burlington-Edison plus some Yakima Valley flavor in the form of seventh-ranked Prosser.

The first semifinal, set for 5:30 p.m., will pit the top-ranked Hawks (24-1) opposite Burlington-Edison (22-3).

Prosser (21-3) and West Valley (24-0), who met in last year's trophy game for third and sixth place, will meet at 9.

While River Ridge of Lacey built a 33-24 halftime lead and rolled past Pullman 59-47 on Thursday, Burlington-Edison scored only eight first-half points against Eatonville and trailed the Cruisers 18-8 at halftime.

But B-E, after shooting only 14 percent (3 for 21) over the first two quarters, righted itself offensively and rode game-high totals of 19 points and 11 rebounds from 6-foot-1 senior Brenna Anderson to a 41-37 victory.

Ryleigh Swagerty's 3-pointer with 6:11 to play put Burlington-Edison ahead 27-26 and triggered a 10-1 run.

For River Ridge, Samira McDonald, Kelsey Russell and Jennifer Cole combined for 43 points and the Hawks forced 26 turnovers to offset a 14-for-27 to 8-10 free throw disparity.

The evening's late quarterfinal saw West Valley subdue cold-shooting Ellensburg 35-28.

Shanique Nilles, the junior-laden Eagles' top scorer, missed part of the game with a knee contusion but returned to total a game-high 15 points.

Prosser, in the state semifinals for the third straight year, will look to avenge a 63-49 loss to West Valley in last year's trophy round.

"We're ready to take it a step further," said Prosser guard Helen Petersen. "We made it this far last year and then had some tough losses. This time we've been getting better in every single game and our confidence is really high."

The Mustangs extended their win streak to 13 with a 62-56 quarterfinal victory over third-ranked Elma.


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